EPISODE · Nov 15, 2022 · 7 MIN
Opt In: Forecasting & Capacity Planning
from UNSUBSCRIBE: The demandDrive Podcast · host demandDrive
Join AJ and Alex for another episode of Opt In! Snag a recap of our onDemand webinar with Lindsay in 7.5 minutes! One of the biggest reasons SDR teams underperform? It’s not a lack of tech. It’s not bad management. It’s not limited training. All of those things are problems, but they pale in comparison to bad goal-setting. More often than not, leadership teams end up creating unattainable, unmeasurable, and unmanageable goals for their SDR function. That trickles down to the SDR manager, who attempts to build a team that can hit those lofty expectations… And that trickles down to the SDR, who ends up burning themselves out in the process. Then, it’s ‘rinse and repeat’ with a new crop of reps. AJ and Alex talk about how you can solve this problem in our latest Opt In. In it, they cover some of the points that Lindsay Frey (dD Co-Founder & CEO) made in her onDemand Webinar on Forecasting and Capacity Planning. Some of the big takeaways include: 📈 Math scales infinitely - sales KPIs don’t. You have to consider the point of diminishing returns. You’re managing people, not a dashboard. 🔮 Goals need to be rooted in hard numbers - examine your historical conversion rates and set reasonable inputs for those outputs. 🍐 Match your incentives and your desired outcomes. Don’t measure your team on quantity if you need them to produce quality meetings (and vice versa). -- onDemand Event: https://bit.ly/dD-forecasting-webinar The demandDrive Podcast ➡️ https://bit.ly/dD-Pod Meet our team ➡️ https://bit.ly/dD-Team Follow us on LinkedIn ➡️ https://bit.ly/dD-LI Want to work with us? ➡️ https://bit.ly/Contact-dD Want to work for us? ➡️ https://bit.ly/dD-Careers
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Join AJ and Alex for another episode of Opt In! Snag a recap of our onDemand webinar with Lindsay in 7.5 minutes! One of the biggest reasons SDR teams underperform? It’s not a lack of tech. It’s not bad management. It’s not limited training. All of those things are problems, but they pale in comparison to bad goal-setting. More often than not, leadership teams end up creating unattainable, unmeasurable, and unmanageable goals for their SDR function. That trickles down to the SDR manager, who attempts to build a team that can hit those lofty expectations… And that trickles down to the SDR, who ends up burning themselves out in the process. Then, it’s ‘rinse and repeat’ with a new crop of reps. AJ and Alex talk about how you can solve this problem in our latest Opt In. In it, they cover some of the points that Lindsay Frey (dD Co-Founder & CEO) made in her onDemand Webinar on Forecasting and Capacity Planning. Some of the big takeaways include: 📈 Math scales infinitely - sales KPIs don’t. You have to consider the point of diminishing returns. You’re managing people, not a dashboard. 🔮 Goals need to be rooted in hard numbers - examine your historical conversion rates and set reasonable inputs for those outputs. 🍐 Match your incentives and your desired outcomes. Don’t measure your team on quantity if you need them to produce quality meetings (and vice versa). -- onDemand Event: https://bit.ly/dD-forecasting-webinar The demandDrive Podcast ➡️ https://bit.ly/dD-Pod Meet our team ➡️ https://bit.ly/dD-Team Follow us on LinkedIn ➡️ https://bit.ly/dD-LI Want to work with us? ➡️ https://bit.ly/Contact-dD Want to work for us? ➡️ https://bit.ly/dD-Careers
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